But within four months the new currency will be up and running in 11 European countries.
In the first phase, Nokia was intent on getting the store up and running in as many countries as possible.
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But the pact's backers say it is essential to enforce fiscal rigour and to prevent countries running irresponsibly wide deficits that would push up interest rates across the euro-zone.
They've been running businesses, countries and social institutions quite happily and profitably forever.
More women than ever before are running companies, and even whole countries.
And eurozone countries appear to be running out of patience with Greece.
Earlier this month, one of the agencies, children's charity Unicef, said it would soon be unable to provide "life-saving" aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan and other countries due to funds running out.
The smaller states are also alarmed at proposals to cut their voting powers, and to scrap the rotating six-month stints at running the EU presidency that all countries, big and small, currently get.
With operations in more than 100 countries and a history of running its many product lines as separate businesses, Schneider seemed practically impervious to change.
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And lots of other countries are diligently running their experiments.
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By the same logic, the more mines a firm is running or developing, and the more countries it operates in, the less risk each individual project poses to profits.
He also highlighted deeper problems, such as trading imbalances, with some countries running current account surpluses and others running deficits.
We invite them because we want them -- we want to say to them and to boys and girls across America that if, despite all the obstacles these women of courage face, if they are still running for office and running organizations and serving their communities and their countries, then surely you can find a way to follow your dreams.
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More women than ever before are running entire countries, not just companies and foundations.
There are other countries that actually were running a surplus and had fairly responsible fiscal policies but had weaknesses similar to what happened here with respect to their housing market or the real estate markets, and that has weakened their financial system.
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That said, the multinationals' management advantage is based more on training and experience of running a large business than on exposure to other countries.
In contrast, both Japan and the European countries that are adopting a single currency next year are running significant current-account surpluses.
Demand there is still growing, but more slowly than expected, and the shortfall is exacerbated by Asian countries' eagerness to save dollars by running down oil stocks.
Brazil and Chile are just two countries that have created huge coastal sanctuaries, some running thousands of miles, where whales like Tilikum can return to an active life, one in which they can frolic and explore.
Countries currently running large trade surpluses view these as hard-won and well-deserved gains.
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And if the euro-zone countries adopt a more Anglo-Saxon way of running their economies, the euro's resurgence will be stronger still.
The ESM was supposed to be up and running this month but has been held up by rows over ratification in several European countries.
About two-thirds of 9, 000 adults polled in 11 countries said Britain had done a good job of running the Games, and 44% said it had a greater world influence.
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The basic background is that the newspaper publishing industry in several European countries is adamant that Google makes vast profits from running the search engine and therefore they want some of that money.
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The movie was running ahead of "Avengers" in several countries, including Russia, South Korea and China, if early estimates there prove accurate.
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The two countries also share the experience of running big, expensive, religious, materialistic and messy democracies in which central governments are constrained by powerful states.
Too busy, according to some, with security guards in several European countries fearing a rise in robberies, and some even threatening strike action that could disrupt the smooth running of the CIT sector's operations.
But there are revealing differences between countries: support for authoritarianism has jumped in Paraguay, where a general is running for president, and in Ecuador, where an unpopular elected president was turfed out with military acquiescence.
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